Final touches are underway! ✨
Behind the scenes, the team is putting finishing details together (including goodie bags and awards!) in preparation for next week’s International Conference on Deprescribing! We can’t wait to welcome you very soon!
💊 New evidence: deRXing levothyroxine in older adults w/ subclinical hypothyroidism
In a Dutch study (N=370) 26% of patients discontinued their Tx w/o significant changes to quality of life & side effects; 32% reduced dosage by ≥50% while maintaining normal thyroid function.
🔗 tinyurl.com/28xdfta8
🌎 Ready for next week’s International Conference on Deprescribing? #ICOD2026
Browse the conference agenda to find times of the sessions you’re most excited to attend!
Details on concurrent sessions, speakers and objectives are also available here: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/icod2026
💬 Sans communication claire, la déprescription peut être perçue comme une interruption de traitement.
Dans cet article de @lapresse.ca, Dr Aalamian souligne l’importance d’expliquer, planifier et documenter ce processus pour assurer des soins sécuritaires.
🔗 www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...
False health information is spreading faster than ever – and it can lead to serious consequences.
Join our partners @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social’s webinar to learn how this is currently affecting medical practice, and how the Canadian Medical Association plans to tackle this important issue. 👇👇
Medication side effects can be mistaken for new conditions, leading to prescribing cascades & polypharmacy.
Carollo et al. identified 84 adverse drug reactions linked to cascades, an essential step to support the development of tools to help clinicians identify & manage them.
🔗 tinyurl.com/msb9jza7
💬 One conversation about meds can change everything.
Check out this article to learn how pharmacist Ellen Penny at the Geriatric Medicine & Memory Disability Clinic in Sydney, Nova Scotia, is keeping her community healthy by helping older adults review their medications.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4e5nrknt
A recent article highlights one of the fruits of our partnership with the Manitoba Association of Senior Communities (MASC): a presentation on med. safety delivered to older adults in the rural community of Winkler, MB, delivered by Don Fletcher, retired health administrator.
🔗 tinyurl.com/9y93h8ve
Only 3 weeks until ICOD 2026, and we can’t wait to welcome you to Montréal! 🇨🇦
What are you most looking forward to? Whether it be sharing your work, learning from international leaders in deprescribing, networking, or exploring Montréal – let us know in a comment below! 👇
📣 ICYMI: the Network recently launched its Medication Review Service Finder - a tool to help people find med. review services in their province/territory.
Eligibility criteria and an FAQ section about medication reviews are included on the same page!
Take a look and help spread the word 👇👇
🌟 Thank you to the Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens’ Association for helping us present med. safety in Mandarin & Cantonese!
With a trusted local pharmacist, participants got to ask questions about med. side effects, supplements and traditional Chinese medicine. We're grateful for this partnership!
📸 Snapshot of our Public Awareness Committee at work!
Our members recently met to review & plan CADeN's ongoing activities, including the development of a new tool 👀
With diverse back grounds & lived experiences, we're grateful for the perspectives they bring to our activities!
tinyurl.com/2em2zk75
@dremilymcd.bsky.social @optimisingrxuse.bsky.social
📣 Spotlight on a plenary at International Conference on Deprescribing (ICOD) 2026!
Marking 10 years of CADeN, past and present leaders will reflect on its evolution, from deprescribing to broader appropriate use of medications, and CADeN's future priorities.
🔗 www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/icod2026
🌟 We’d like to officially welcome Alexa Harvey to CADeN’s Health Care Provider Committee!
A PharmD student at @uottawa.ca and member of the Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada, Alexa brings inspiring leadership & enthusiasm to advancing deprescribing. We’re thrilled to have her on board! 🎉
@lisamccarthy.bsky.social @reeve-research.bsky.social @mikesteinman.bsky.social @deprescribeus.bsky.social @deprescribing.bsky.social @drug-evidence.bsky.social
🎤 ICOD 2026 panel moderated by Lisa McCarthy:
Emily Reeve, Mike Steinman & Wade Thompson will discuss the role of clinical guidelines in advancing medication optimization!
Learn best practices in developing deprescribing recommendations and priorities for future research.
tinyurl.com/mr767ycv
📸 Student leadership from our 2025-2026 funding program!
Taylor Skinner, pharmacist and MD student at UMemorial organised a deprescribing workshop for pre-clerkship med students! Final year pharm students co-developed and delivered the workshop, sharing insights from their own pharmacy practice.
Rose-Angèle was taking 30 medications. With the help of her healthcare provider, she was able to deprescribe medications that were unnecessary or causing too many side effects.
Today, she takes 12 fewer medications.
Learn how deprescribing changed her life for the better: tinyurl.com/877z86ez
💊 Check out our new Medication Review Service Finder:
a tool to help public members learn about the services in their province or territory, who's eligible and how they can access these services offered by pharmacists, physicians, or nurse practitioners:
www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/med-review-f...
@dremilymcd.bsky.social
🇨🇦 New national guidelines developed by CADeN to screen for potentially inappropriate prescriptions.
Guidelines recommend:
1. regular med reviews for older adults taking any number of meds, and
2. government funding to encourage & support this process in primary care.
🔗 www.cfp.ca/content/72/3...
Last week, CADeN assistant director presented on med. safety in collaboration with Centre Déclic, a Quebec organisation focussed on scientific knowledge translation for lay audiences. Communicating health concepts in lay terms allowed for great engagement and many follow-up question from attendees!
Merci à James Hill, pharmacien et prof. associé de ULaval et UMontréal, pour sa présentation aux membres de l’association Parkinson Montréal-Laval!
Sa présentation aborde les principes d'un usage sécuritaire des médicaments dans le contexte de la maladie de Parkinson: youtube.com/watch?v=_fMGljmxSOA
🎥 Rose-Angèle was taking 30 meds to manage her health, but their side effects were affecting her daily life.
After a conversation with a retired nurse at her community organization, she began a deprescribing journey with her family doctor that changed her life for the better.
tinyurl.com/877z86ez
🎥 Learn how to use MedSafer for med. reviews with our new whiteboard video!
From helping patients complete a questionnaire about their meds, to reviewing deprescribing recommendations in their personalized report, this video outlines the full process from start to finish: tinyurl.com/5bys8ars
@choosingwiselyca.bsky.social @cbcnews.ca
💡 New data from CIHI shows inappropriate antipsychotic use in long-term care remains high: nearly 1 in 4 residents in Canada receive them without a psychosis diagnosis. Reducing to the 15% national target will take time and greater support for LTC staff.
Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
ICOD2026 Speaker Spotlight!
Clare Howard, Clinical Lead for Medicines Optimisation and Polypharmacy Programme at Health Innovation Wessex, will share her work in tackling problematic polypharmacy in England and reflections from ICOD2026 as the closing keynote of the conference.
tinyurl.com/mr767ycv
@caden-recad.bsky.social congratulations team! This grant will support our new tool to address safety of sedative hypnotics to better meet the needs of Indigenous peoples in Canada
